Union Minister of State for HRD, and AICTE Chairman, to address biggest gathering of educationists under ASM’s Faculty Development Program

2024-04-18 01:11:16 Education

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Mumbai/Pune, May 21, 2020: The Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Govt. of India, Shri. Sanjay Dhotre will on Thursday address one of the biggest gathering of faculty, directors and owners of educational institutions on the need for gearing up for online teaching.
Organised by Audyogik Shikshan Mandal (ASM) Group of Institutions and ASMA, the five-day event is a online Faculty Development Program (FDP) that started from May 17 and will go on till May 21. Along with the Chief Guest Shri Sanjay Dhotre, Prof. Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Chairman of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will be the Guest of Honour, and Mr. Leslie Loh, CEO, Lithan of Singapore will be the International Keynote Speaker. Dr. Sandeep Pachpande, Chairman, ASM Group is the host and moderator. Notably, the FDP comes at a time when the world is dealing with the biggest health crisis the modern world has faced in coronavirus pandemic.
Says Dr. Sandeep Pachpande, Chairman of ASM group of Institute, ?Worldwide the pandemic has disrupted academic calendars, admissions and students travels. Thousands, perhaps lakhs, of students are stranded in between academic sessions. While we deal with the pandemic itself, the situation demands that the Indian education system hastens up the digitisation of education. The FDP which does not have any registration charges is aimed at online education, remote, virtual classes and teaching techniques.?
?The five-day event highly relevant and on-demand topic of Learning Pedagogy and Effective Use of Case Methodology brings together the teaching fraternity to familiarise the modalities of virtual teaching. In the first two days itself, the event has brought together some of the stalwarts of education and technology. In the next few days, they will frame methodologies of how higher education can implement virtual teaching on a war footing,? adds Dr. Pachpande.
The FDP has received over 6500 faculty delegates from various institutions across India, and and is proving to be the first big attempt at the start of the virtual teaching era. The resource faculty are eminent academicians and leaders such as Directors of IIM Raipur, IIM Sambalpur, BIMTECH, SIBM Hyderabad, and ASM Group of Institutions. The FDP sessions are a blend of experts from industry and education who are presenting on the changing facets of education sector post COVID-19 phase, technologies for virtual classrooms, digital teaching techniques, and training of the trainers who will help adopt to the challenges of online education.
No registration charges. Only Limited seats available!! Register for valedictory session at https://bit.ly/fdpvalsess

About ASM Group of Institutes:
About Audyogik Shikshan Mandal (ASM): Established in 1983, ASM Group offers learning options from KG to Ph.D. It has persistently turned out well-rounded professionals, who have gone on to become leaders in their spheres. ASM?s IBMR has been consistently ranked amongst the top b-schools in India and is known for its consistent calendar of events that imbues students with unmatchable industry experience/exposure. It boasts state-of-the-art infrastructure - wi-fi enabled campuses, sporting facilities, well-stocked libraries, computer centers, and classrooms equipped with the latest technology. ASM placement cell has a stellar track record with 70,000+ alumni already working with top-notch MNCs and leading corporations in India and abroad (TATA, UB Group, Aditya Birla Group, Colgate, Godrej, Mercedes Benz, Johnson & Johnson, General Motors, MTS, Toshiba, ICICI Securities, Deloitte, etc.) in various sectors, functions and levels. Do visit to know more www.asmedu.org .

About ASMA
Adoption of Social Media in Academia (ASMA) is an online platform which helps higher education institutes and universities harness the power of digital and social media for growth. ASMA aims to be the harbinger of change in helping unearth the latest insights, anticipating the future based on current trends, providing a transformative social media framework ? which can be adopted by academia to keep pace with the changing times. ASMA has the following verticals: ASMA Portal, ASMA TV, Events, Conferences & Seminars, ASMA Awards and Listings, Reports and Publications, MDPs & FDPs, Digital Audits, ASMA Activation. In the last 5 years, ASMA has gained lot of appreciation and accolades from higher education professionals, industry bodies and associations.
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